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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Thursday closed the central vegetable and fruit market in Beit Ummar village for the second day in a row.

Spokesman for the popular resistance committee Mohammad Ayyad Awad said Israeli forces detained shop owners in the market and forced them to close their shops.

He said that the closure of the market damaged produce and caused huge losses.

He added that Beit Ummar municipality, as the owner of the market, filed a complaint to the Palestinian liaisons office and demanded the re-opening of the market.